Container for shaving cream, tooth paste, and the like



.. ET AL 1,924,205

CONTAINER FOR SHAVING CREAM, TOOTH PASTE, AND THE LIKE Aug. 29, 1933.

H C. EVERETT, JR

Filed Dec. 24, 1930 INVENTORSZ 2201/11 TTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 29, 1933 ingredients of the pastes and creams which make This invention relates to containers for dis pensing shaving cream, toothpastefacial cream,

and other preparations of a similar nature.

Preparations of this character are customarily sold in collapsible metal tubes which are thrown away when emptyhlt is sometimes desirable,

however, to carry. a quantity of material of this kind in a permanent container which may form a part of a shaving kitftoilet set, or the'like, and it is the chief object of the present invention to devise such a container. 7

The fact that these substances exert a very corrosive action on the metals which would naturally be used in making such containers in- ;troduces very serious practical difficulties. Not only do such metals combine chemically with the latter unsuitable for use, butsome of the compounds so produced are poisonous. The pres- -;ent invention deals especially with these conditions. It aims to devise a container for thepurpose above mentioned which can be used with entire safety and which, at the same time, will be relatively inexpensive to manufacture. x The natureof the invention will be readily understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying draw: ing, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims. 7

In the drawing, v Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shavingkit which includes a container embodying features of this invention; i Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the container; I v Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview on a larger scale showing the internal construction ofthe container; and

Fig. 4 is a side view, partly broken away and partly in section, illustrating a convenient meansfor withdrawingthe plunger from thecontainer.

The particular container shown in the drawing is designed to be used as one element of a shaving kit which includes a safety razor and a folding shaving brush, all'enclosedin a casing 2. The container is illustrated at 3, the handle of the razor at 1, and the blade holder fo'r'the razor at 5.

Referring more particularly it will be seen that the container thereshown comprises a relatively rigid tubular shell which includes a body 3 and an end piece 4 soldered, brazed, swaged, or otherwise permanently secured to the body. This ,shell usually; consists of some metal such as brass, bronze, orany of 1, the various alloys from which commercial tubit is then placed in the shell 3, the shell and tube being of suchdimensions that the latter fits snugto Figs. 2 and 3,

ing is customarily made. Asabove stated, the more common of these metals are attacked by ingredients of shaving. creams, q-toothpastes, and

similarpreparations, and in order to protect, the

metal of the shell from contact-,withrthe 0011-.

tentsof the: container, the shell is provided with" a lining of relatively thin flexible metal which is:

not afiected by the cream or-paste. Preferably this lining. consists of a collapsible metal tube like those in which'shaving cream, toothpaste? orthe'like, are commonly sold. Such tubesgmay" f be made of 'tin, or of other metals commonly used forthis purpose. The body offsuch a tube '7 is indicated in Fig. -3 atf6 and it isprovided with the usual integral shouldered portion or head 7 tube in the shell consists in inserting a mandrel 9 and an externally threaded nozzle 8 to receive the cap 9.- These tubes can readily ,be' purchased in the tube6, this mandrel fitting the interior of 1; i

the tube closely. The tube withthe nandrel'in ly 'in the former. As above indicated,-the shell is contracted at its upper end and the end piece 4' is provided with an aperture only very slightly I larger in'diameter than the-external diameter of the nozzle 8 so that the nozzle can-pass freely through said aperture, The upper end of the shell then is placed in a die and considerable pres- .sure is applied to the. mandrel to expand the metal of the tube between the head 7 and nozzle 8 andoause it to flowaround the edge of the opening in the end piece 4 and lock itself to the shell, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The mandrel next is left extending from the shell 3 is bent over the lower edge of the shell and is crimped upwardly around said end and into a groove 10,Fig. 3, of, reduced diameter which is formed in the shell. 'A ring or ferrule 12 then is slipped on to the crimped over portion of the lining and has either ashrunk or forced fit with this part of the container so The plunger should be made of tin or some other withdrawn and the .part of the tube 6 which is.

metal which not affected by the shaving cream, toothpaste, or the like.

When the plunger has substantially reached the upper limit of its movement and; the-container consequently has been substantially emptied of material, it then becomes necessary to withdraw the plunger to permit the'refillingof the shell. This is conveniently accomplished by providing the plunger with a stud 14; externally threaded to fit the internally, threaded end of the razor handle 1. The handle is screwedon to'the stud as shown in Fig. 4, and the studmay berthen withdrawn from theshell, after which the container may be filled and the plunger replaced;-

It will thus be evident that the inventionprovides a permanent container for shaving cream,

toothpaste, and the like, which can be used with out fear of the material becoming contaminated by its contact with the metal of the container, 7

which is convenient to use, and which can 'be manufacturedvery economically. *It is contemplatedthat the'plunger shown can bejused inicon-- tainers-madeby'other methodsi While'we have herein shown'and described a 1 preferred embodiment of our invention, itwill be evident that the invention maybeembodied in 7 other for'ms'witlioutdepartingfrom thespirit or scope thereof.

t Having-thus described our invention; what we desire'toclaim as'new is: 1

1f; Acontainer of the character described, com} prising a rigid tubular metal shell, a flexiblemetal tubelining said shell and having a discharge nozzle at one end thereof fastened to the shell, va cap removably supported on said nozzle for closingv it; and meansfor permanentlyt securr' ing the opposite end portion of said tube to the shell".

' 2; A container of the character described comprisinga rigid tubular metal shell, a flexible metal tube liningsaid 'shell'an'd having a head fastened to one endof the shell and a discharge nozzle pro nozzle'at'one endthereof fastened tosaid shell,

means for securing the opposite end portion of said lining"tube'ipermanently to saidshell, cap for closing the endof; said nozzle,anda plunger slidable'inside theliningfor' said shell andiopera vble to expel tliecon'tents of the 'container'through saidnozzl'e, said plunger having afscrewjthreaded stud projecting from the" side thereof 'oppositef" to saidnozzle-to receive an'implement' for'wi thi-i drawing the plunger from the shell.

CHRISTOPHER M ic miAccroi HENRY Q fEVERETlQJR.

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